Professional Tennis
Novak Djokovic’s Monday night win over Rafael Nadal in the finals of the 2011 U.S. Open earned the world’s top-ranked men’s singles tennis player a $2.3 million payout, pushing the Serbian’s earnings in 2011 to date over the $10.6 million mark. Djokovic’s $2.3 million U.S. Open payout consisted of $1.8 million for winning the event, plus a…
TV ratings for the Men’s Singles Finals of the 2011 U.S. Open between top-seeded Novak Djokovic and second-seeded Rafael Nadal were up over last year’s Nielsen Ratings on CBS, with an overnight rating of 2.6 and a six share. The four-hour plus Djokovic-Nadal match of 2011 was up 18 percent over last year’s finals match featuring…
The 2011 U.S. Open concluded Monday evening with the Men’s Singles match between number-one seeded Novak Djokovic from Serbia and the second-seeded Rafael Nadal from Spain. Djokovic took the match in four sets, 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1, and in the process, won his first-ever U.S. Open championship and third Grand Slam event of the…
The number-two seed and former world number one Rafael Nadal fell at the hands of Novak Djokovic in the 2011 U.S. Open Men’s Singles final. Nadal won the 2010 U.S. Open against Djokovic and this year Djokovic got his revenge and captured the title. Here is a post-match interview with Nadal after his loss in…
And at 8:20 p.m. EST on Monday night, top-seeded Novak Djokovic dropped to the court of Arthur Ashe Stadium, part jubilation, part exhaustion, in celebration of his 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1 2011 U.S. Open finals win over the number two seed, Rafael Nadal, thus ending this year’s event in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. For four hours…
American teenagers Melanie Oudin and Jack Sock won the 2011 U.S. Open Mixed-Doubles title Friday night, beating the eighth-seeded team Gisela Dulko and Eduardo Schwank of Argentina in a third set super-tiebreak, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 10-8 in front of the crowd who remained after the Men’s Quarterfinals were complete at Arthur Ashe Stadium. The 19-year-old Oudin…
In a post-match interview at the 2011 U.S. Open, 28th-seeded American Serena Williams elaborates on the women’s final match on Sunday where she lost in straight sets to the ninth-seeded Samantha Stosur of Australia. She speaks in regards to the questioned actions of the umpire along with her level of play during the match and…
The 2011 U.S. Open saw the number nine seed Australian Samantha Stosur take the title as the women’s singles champion. Stosur defeated the 28th-seeded and former number one American Serena Williams in straight sets. The Australian native was the first Aussie to win a major tournament in 31 years. Here’s a look back at her…
Thirty-year-old Esther Vergeer of the Netherlands won her 429th consecutive singles match at the 2011 U.S. Open, defeating fellow Netherlands native Aniek Van Koot, 6-2, 6-1 for the Wheelchair Women’s Singles Championship. Vergeer has become one of the most successful wheelchair tennis players in history, first hitting world number in 1999. She has not lost…
It all comes down to today, the final day of the 2011 U.S. Open and the Men’s Singles Finals match between the top two seeded players, top-seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic and second-seeded Rafael Nadal from Spain. Things get underway at 4:00 p.m. EST at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. This year marks the…